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Analysts called the approval a much-needed win for Novo Nordisk, but warned that the company could struggle to grow sales once rival drugs come to market.
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Representatives of companies including AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Merck have voiced concerns about the FDA’s approach to pre-approval inspections.
With notable therapies from Biogen, Sarepta and MacroGenics failing to show efficacy in pivotal or confirmatory trials, experts question the use of biomarker evidence for approval while one former regulator insists that a “failed trial is not a failed drug.”
Coming up in the back half of December, the FDA will issue a verdict on Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ gastroparesis drug tradipitant, which it rejected last September, triggering a very public dispute with the company.
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Although the U.S. FDA largely cleared its calendar ahead of the holidays, it still has a couple open PDUFA dates leading up to January 1, 2022. Here’s a look.
It is also a milestone for the immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) community, as TARPEYO becomes the first and only FDA-approved treatment to reduce proteinuria in this condition.
The FDA said Orencia is the first drug approved as prophylaxis for aGVHD prevention that included real-world evidence as one component of clinical efficacy.
The FDA approved the latest indication for Rinvoq (upadacitinib) based on data from two Phase III studies, SELECT-PsA 1 and SELECT-PsA 2.
The latest warning letter asks Medtronic to update its systems and procedures in order to deliver safe and high-quality devices to consumers.